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Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments

A 1 bed in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments costs a median AED 1.17M and returns 8.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments, Barsha Heights, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

1 bed · typical price

1.17MAED

AED 1,800/sqft · -18.1% on a year

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.25M
Price
AED 1.17M
DLD fee 4%
AED 46,867
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 24,605
Trustee
AED 4,200

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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Is Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments a good investment?Little new supply nearby; prices are slipping and few units change hands; no record of the yield and the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
  2. Is it easy to let?None of the 210 units signed an annual lease in 12 months: owner-occupied, holiday homes or a hotel pool0%
  3. Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
  4. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,198/sqft a year ago, 1,800 now-18.1%Watch
  5. How fast do fees pay back?AED 75,672 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 75,672
  6. Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months, 4% of the tower (8 the year before)9Watch
  7. Is a lot being built nearby?752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today. Barsha Heights supply by year →14%Strength
  8. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 21% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+21.0%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.17M

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
StudioAED 456,2281,857/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year2
1 bedAED 1.17M1,800/sqftnot yet letnot yet let-18.1%7
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Barsha Heights

3 years
+33.3% · +10.0%/yr
5 years
+19.8% · +3.7%/yr

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Median nightly rate
AED 522
Net revenue
AED 101,673/yr
Listings seen
6+

Read with care

  • No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Chart data, 1 bed: Sep 2012, AED 1,957,875; latest, Oct 2026, AED 1,066,013; peak, May 2018, AED 2,792,500. Rent on new leases: Nov 2013, AED 53,000 a year; latest, Feb 2014, AED 53,500.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,812 · before fees

5 years ago
1,497
+21%
3 years ago
1,351
+34%
Previous 12 months
2,192
−17%
Last 12 months
1,812
today

The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.

9 resales in the last 12 months, against 10 a year on average over 2023–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
6 Oct 20261 bed592AED 1,066,0131,800
20 Aug 20261 bed537AED 1,325,0002,468
22 Jul 20261 bed652AED 1,300,0001,994
9 Jul 2026Studio246AED 467,4191,903
23 Jun 20261 bed668AED 1,171,6691,755
8 Jun 20261 bed764AED 1,123,8721,471
4 May 20261 bed656AED 936,0001,427
17 Dec 20251 bed661AED 1,309,8251,983
25 Nov 2025Studio246AED 445,0371,812

9 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

70%
TypeNightly, AEDNet revenue at 70%Long-let rentUpliftNet yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 6+ listings seen5220.80/sqftAED 101,673——8.7%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Barsha Heights

Every Barsha Heights building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments places 6th of 12; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
2The Chedi Private Residences0% · Q1 2029 · off-plan 1,883/sqftAED 14.86M2,612+44.1%——3
3Franck Muller Vanguard28% · Q4 2027 · off-plan 2,662/sqftAED 1.86M2,535+39.9%3.5%-4.8%14
4The First CentralCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,920/sqftAED 868,0552,199+21.4%5.0%-10.2%20
5Grand CentralCompleted 2012AED 932,0001,951+7.7%—+9.6%11
6Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments · this buildingCompleted 2011 · off-plan 3,423/sqftAED 1.12M1,812—-17.3%9
7Boutique 7 Hotel & SuitesAED 1.09M1,625-10.3%——4
8National Bonds PlazaAED 1.14M1,500-17.2%——29
9Two Towers ACompleted 2009 · off-plan 1,470/sqftAED 1.84M1,226-32.3%6.7%+9.5%6
10Madison ResidencyCompleted 2009 · off-plan 876/sqftAED 1.35M1,187-34.5%5.2%-0.6%19

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments (AED 1,812/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

Market context in Barsha Heights

Registered sales activity

156 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+19.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 156 current and 149 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

0 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

Explore planned supply

Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today.

How these are counted
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Direct locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.

About Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments

Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments is an apartment building completed in 2011 in Barsha Heights with 210 registered units. 241 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

The building, as registered

Floors
17

Drive times · typical

Downtown
20 min · 18 km
DXB Airport
26 min · 33 km
DIFC
17 min · 21 km
Dubai Marina
13 min · 7.7 km
Palm Jumeirah
19 min · 12 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Dubai Internet City
Mall
Mall of the Emirates
Landmark
Burj Al Arab

Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments: AED 1,812 per sq ft, 5% above the median Barsha Heights building

The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.

Price per sq ft

Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months

  1. Citadines Metro Central Hotel ApartmentsAED 1,812
  2. Barsha Heights, readyAED 1,584
  3. Barsha Heights, off-planAED 2,612
  4. Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Upcoming supply in Barsha Heights, by handover quarter

Nearby in Barsha Heights

Prices per sq ft around Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 10 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments?
No gross yield is published for Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 7 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Barsha Heights median is 3.3% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 1.17M (1,800 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments over the last 12 months have a median of 1,800 AED/sqft, across 7 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
Have prices in Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved -18.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Does Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments earn more short-term than long-let?
A night asks a median of AED 522, which models to 8.7% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

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Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
7 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record
/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/metro-central
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments sale prices and yield.” Barsha Heights, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/metro-central

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